VOICE.

[veryhuman]

This rabbit saw a body flee. That means there is still life within them, right? Right? Yes... the life within that person still wishes to ...

[ Silence.

A softer, warmer voice -- but still sounds very much like the one that was just talking, only slightly muffled -- comes over instead. ]

I apologize. A person got a little excited and now he has gone to sleep. That is... for the best, I think.

Life is much better when we are smiling with one another, but the way that he smiles...

Anyway, why don't we talk about what makes us smile? Joy is best had when it is shared with others, isn't that how that saying goes?

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[yakiniku]

Of course. The latter is associated with vulnerability and weakness. A man can be destroyed easily if his joys in life are taken from him or used against him.

There is a garden here. It is different than anything I have seen at home, but it is beautiful and a nice place to meditate. It does not bring me joy particularly, but perhaps you may find joy there for yourself.

I want to say there is a healthy middle ground there somewhere. I may bring that up if I do ever cross paths with him.

[veryhuman]

Perhaps, it isn't for me to say...

But if you should meet someone else and say that... they definitely would take that as a game. A game of hide and seek.

[veryhuman]

They can, indeed.

The joy that someone has in themselves... can easily destroy a person... can easily turn them into something they do not wish to be... can easily drive them away from the light into something else.

[ He chuckles. ]

A middle ground, hm? I believe there would need to be a third face if ever a middle ground is to be found. I do not think I can find it myself. This person that you speak to loves peace and creation. That other person loves destruction and blood. A middle ground between us does not exist.

Does it exist within you?

[codecmoment]

It's really not, it's someone who keeps to themselves and has nothing to offer.

[veryhuman]

Nothing to offer?

Don't sell yourself short.

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[codecmoment]

38/m/iris, lop rabbit/has a long term partner and a... lady/hacker/engineer

Everyone else is like, buff and available.

[veryhuman]

Did you get shy? How cute!

[ A cheerful laugh. ]

I see. Rather than say that you have nothing to offer because you think you have nothing, it is more... you are already taken, then? Someone that loves and has given you a home? How wonderful.

This humble monk is quite happy for you.

[codecmoment]

We're co-dependent at this point, I think.

[veryhuman]

I don't recognize that term.

What does it mean?

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[codecmoment]

Can't live without the other.

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[veryhuman]

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[veryhuman]

What a scary thing... what a scary thing... to have with someone...

[codecmoment]

Grief is hard.

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[veryhuman]

Grief?

No ... you'll not know grief until... well... you have an idea... but if you are not careful, one of you will end up breaking.

[veryhuman]

Love is love... but to be unable to live without someone... you'll definitely...

[codecmoment]

He's already dead in my time. He's from the past, here.

[ His tone is much harsher this time. And he never gets like this. ]

Don't tell me what grief is. I have to deal with it every day I wake up. I can't move on - I'm stuck here.

[veryhuman]

Is that so? Do you see him as a ghost, then?

[ His tone is sympathetic. ]

You poor one... you poor one... if you don't start walking forward, you will surely go mad. [ He brings his hands together, even if the man cannot see it, cannot hear it. ] God save your heart, and allow you to escape before it is too late.

[codecmoment]

... sorry, that wasn't right to talk about to a stranger.

Thanks for listening. I'm just stressed out by being here.

[veryhuman]

No, this monk doesn't mind it.

It is good to talk about it. If you kept it inside... I would worry about you. Please feel free to talk to me about it. I have nothing but sympathy for you... because that person that spoke before... the one that is now sleeping... was broken from co-dependence.

I do not want to see someone else meet such a fate.

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[codecmoment]

I've already said too much.

[veryhuman]

No.

You haven't.

Because so much is bubbling inside... if you cannot say it to me... that person should hear them. That person that you are holding onto... because there are some things that only they can make right. Perhaps, this is one of them. Perhaps.

The person that loves you... may be kinder than the one he loves.

[codecmoment]

He knows. We just don't know what to do.

I'll keep doing what I'm doing. Someone else has already... well, I have another partner.

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[darkcharge]

Seems like a good quality to have if you want to scare people off.

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[veryhuman]

Having someone else...

I wonder...

The way to heal it... the way to survive it...

[veryhuman]

How...?

[ He tears the metal mask off. ]